Robotics

Robotics Progress

Robots are here. Some of them.

The whole field of robotics as it changes: humanoids, robotaxis, surgical, home and factory robots, drones, and robots for aging at home. What is happening, how far each has really got, and what it will mean for your home and your work.

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The question it answers

Where is robotics heading, and how will it change our lives?

The whole field of robotics, where it's heading and how it will change our lives: humanoids, robotaxis, surgical robots, home robots, drones and robots for aging at home, in plain English with every claim sourced.

Every morning the site reads regulator records, company filings, makers' newsrooms and trusted outlets, and updates each robot's dated track record. Its stage follows from published rules, never from opinion.

It never rates or ranks robots, never sells a stage, and never invents a fact. Where its sources are silent, it says so.

Who it's for. Written for curious people who aren't robotics engineers, with a section on robots that help people live at home as they age.

The evidence ladder

Never the judge.

A stage shows how far a robot has got, not how good it is. Two flags sit beside it: whether the evidence is independent or company-reported, and whether a person operates the robot remotely.

Robotics ProgressHow far has each robot got?
  1. Stage 5Regulator-cleared or mass marketCleared where approval applies, or widely sold.
  2. Stage 4Paying customersDelivered and paid for, beyond pilots.
  3. Stage 3PilotWorking with a named customer in a real setting.
  4. Stage 2Pre-ordersOrders or deposits taken; not delivered.
  5. Stage 1Demo onlyShown in videos or staged events; no units with customers.

Inside the site

On Robotics Progress

The sections of its home page, in order.

  1. 01What changed, lately
  2. 02The demo reel, against the record
  3. 03Where robots are showing up
  4. 04Real, or still a demo?
  5. 05What you can use today
  6. 06Promised. Delivered?
  7. 07Follow the money
  8. 08Heard it said. Checked it.
  9. 09Where robots already work
  10. 10Books about robots

Where it meets the series

The sites meet where their fields do.

Questions it shares with the rest of the series.

The rest of the series

Same approach, other fields.

Robotics Progress summarizes published sources for general information. It does not test, rate or recommend products. Published by Progress Series Media.